Gun-support.



L. SGHMEISSBR.

GUN SUPPORT.'

APPLIOATION FILED JULY Z1. 1911\ v nm, e v n ad L. SGHMBISSEB.

v GUN SUPPORT. APPLI'O'ATION FILED JULY 21, 1911.

Patented Ju1y23,'1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

, AUidr ran l LUS SCHIJLESSEEJ. OF ERFURT, GERLVIANY.

GNLSUPPOBT,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July Z3, i912.

Application led uly 21, 19M. Serial Nc. 639,78.

To .rl/ZZ whom, t may cof/wem Be it known that l, liours Sonar-srssiin, a

subject of the 'German Emperor, residing at Erfurt, S Strassburgerstrasse, Germany, havel invented certain newV and useful lin provements in Gun-Supports; and 'l do hereby declare the followingpto be a '.ull, ion,

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The present invention for supporting guns.

The object orp the invention is to provide refers to tripods means byl which a gun supported on a tripod can be bodily raised and lowered und also vgiren anyv desired elevation.

My invention consists in mechanism torm-` y ing the head ot the tripod and being adapted positions and Fig. 7

to permit the angle embraced between the two front legs of the tripod and the rear leg and also/the angle embracing the gun support andthe legs ot the tripod to be varied according to requirements.

In the drawing Figure l is a side elevation of the tripod head forming the subjectof my invention and Fig. 2 a similar view partly in section.: Figs. 3 to G are side elevations o' the' entire gun mounted on a tripodaccording to my invention in diijerent y an illustration ot the tripod when folded up for the purpose of transportation. Fig. 8 is a detail in horizontal section, showing ineens for securing lateral adjustment.

1 -The same letters ot reference designate the same parts in all the figures. The rear leg ot the tripod has a forked head A carrying a pin X upon which is .journaled a toothed disk B to rotate freely,

At one point or" the circumference ot` `the vdisk B pins e are tangentially fixed on which the front legs oit the tripod A, A, are pivoted so that they can be either brought to a parallel position or else spread out to embrace any suitable'angle. rlhe pin X pro- .jects on either side of the forked head Ar and p. the projecting parts form journals to receive la forked head C forming the lower part ,a spring pressed pawl J adapted to engage the teeth oi'disk B. In the head of the pawl [i is lined pin z' restingon a beveled surface on the outer end -otan arm ota hand lever G. Thus by manipulating the lever (l the pawl J can be retracted to enable the support to be swung on pin X so fve the gun the required elevation. i ot the t'orlred head A of the rear L( l' the tripod is also made hollow and .contains :i similar spring pressed pawl l'fl with a' pin L controlled by a hand lever F having a curved slot in its inner arm as shown in l.

Ey means oit screws K, K1' threaded into a bore in part C and acting upon a pin L lined on the part l) and projecting through a slot. into the bore. the lateral direction of the gun can be limited or fixed according to requirements (see Fig. 8).

By withdrawing pawl H from the teeth ot disk B and shifting fork A the angle embraced between the front legs and rearlegs of the tripod can be varied between the positions shown inFigs. 3, and 4,thus raising or lowering the gun according to requirement. By withdrawing pawl J by means 'ot lever G and shitting fork C to dilerent positions the elevation oi' the gun can be varied 6. Then the gun is to be packed up for transportation lthe tripod and support can be 'folded up as shown in Fig. 7.

Having new particularly described land ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to beperiformed, l declare that what l claim is :e

l. lu a gun support, a tripod comprising a pair of front legs,l a rear leg,- a barrel support, a common pivot upon which' the two vdependently rotatable, and means for lockbetween the positions shown in Figs. 5 and ing the said parts in any desired relative position.

2. ln a gun support, a'tripod comprising a pair of liront legs, a rear leg, a barrel support, a disk attached to the front legs, said disk carrying a pin forming a common pivot tor the rear leg and the barrel support, and means for locking the rear leg and the bal.'- rel support to `said disk in any required position.

3. ln a gun support, atripod comprising a pair or front legs, a rear leg, a barrel support, a toothed disk attached to the. front legs and provided with a pin acting as a common pivot for the rear leg and the bar-` members mounted in said rear legaand barrel supportand adapted to engage the teeth of said disk. f

4. In a lgun support,l a tripod comprising a pair of vt'ront legs, a rear leg, a barrel snpport, said rearleg' and barrel support having spaced-apart portions, a toothed disk attached to the front legs and being,r embraced by the spaced-apart portions ot the rear leg and the barrel support, a pin located axially of said disk and passing through said spaced-apart portions, and springpressed members mounted io nlove radially ot' Said pin and adapted to engage the teeth ot' said disk.

5. In a gun support., a tripod coin} ')rising a pair of front legs, a rear leg', a barrel snpport, a toothed disk to whih said front legs are jointed so as to be movable laterally to embrace different angles, a pin located 20 axially of said disk, and adapted to form a common pivot for said barrel snpportand rear leg, spring-pressed pawls mounted on the barrel support and rear leg yand designed to move radially with respect to the disk and adapted to engage the teeth thereof, and means for retracting said paWlS. r

In testimony whereof, Iv have signed this specification in the presence of t-Wo Subscribing witnesses. Y

LOUIS SCHMEISSER. n lVitnesses:

WoLDEvAn I'IAUPT, HENRY HASPER; 

